Catch.



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CATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application le. September 29, 1917. Serial No. 194,003.

To all yf/:iom t may Concern.'

Re it known that l, Den BORM-I, a citizen of the United States. residing at Grand Prairie. in the county of Dallas and State of Texas. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Catches, of which the following 'is a specification. reference being had to the accomparjing drawings.

lThis invention relates to certain improvements in catches and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with gates and it is an object of; the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which may be readily and conveniently applied in operative position and which effectively serves to hold a gate or the like in closed position. Y

Furthermore it is an ,object of the invention to provide a catch having novel and improved means whereby the same operates to preventa rebound of the gate.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved catch wherein certain important ad- 'antages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood l will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a fragmentaryT view in top plan illustrating the catch constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention and in applied position; and

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a catch constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention and unapplied.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings G denotes a gate mounted for swinging movement and which is provided with a forwardly directed extension or latch bar l adapted to overlap the latch post P.

Hy improved catch comprises an elongated member 2 having one end portion reduced as at 3. The reduced portion 3 is disposed through the post P with the shoulder 4L afforded by said reduced portion contacting with one face of the post and threaded upon the reduced portion 3 is the nut 5 which co-acts with an opposite face of the post for maintaining the member 2 in applied position. The outer end portion of *the member' 2 is provided with an opening 3 to afford a mounting for the swinging member M.

rlhe member M is preferably formed of an elongated rod of predetermined gage and bent back upon itself at substantially its longitudinal center as at 6. The portion of the rod comprised in the bend 6 is seated within the opening 3. rThe returned portions a. of the rod 6 are arranged substantially in parallelism and terminate in the upwardly directed substantially parallel eX- tensions 7. The terminals of each of the extensions 7v are formed into the downwardly facing hook members 8. rl`he hook member 8 of one of the extensions 7 is reversely disposed relative to the hook member 8 of the second extension. rlhe hook members 8 are adapted to straddle the upper portion of the member 2 so that the downward movement of the swinging member M is limited. The hooi( members S also overlie the side faces of the member 2 so that normal relative separating movement of the extensions 7 is prevented.

Extending in opposite directions from the member M are the lugs 9. The lugs 9 are positioned in close proximity to the shoulder l and in advance of the extensions 7 The lugs 9 serve to limit the upward movement of the swinging member M and it will be self evident that when the extension or latch bar l passes beneath the member M the contact of the member M or more particularly the strands a thereof with the lugs 9 will cause the member M to return quickly so that the possibility of a rebound of the gate is substantially entirely eliminated.-

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a catch constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted forl use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated and it will also be obvious that-my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without materially departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to theprecise arrangement and formation .of the several parts herein shown in Patented Mar. 5, 1918. l

Vl (l carrying out my invention in practice eX- cept as hereinafter` Claimed.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a catch comprising' an elongated member having an opening adjacent the outer end thereof7 'the opposite end portion of the member being' provided With securing means, an elongated rod returned upon itself, the intermediate portion of the rod being loosely mounted Within the opening of the elongated meinber whereby said rod is capable of swinging movement, the strands of the rod being substantially parallel and terminating in substantially parallel extensions disposed in a direction toward the elongated member, the

terminals of said extensions being formed into inwardly facing hook members, the hook member of one extension being reverse y disposed relative to the hook member of the second extension, said hook members normally overlying the top and side faces of the elongated member, and oppositely directed lugs carried by the elongated member and with which the strands of the swinging member are adapted to Contact.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. DEE BORAI-I. TWitnesses z C. P. SoiiULzE, H. M. THOMPSON.

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